ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Hall of Famer driver Bill Elliott will race in NASCAR for the first time in more than six years during the Xfinity Series' Johnsonville 180 on Aug 25.

Elliott, 62, will drive GMS Racing’s No 23 Chevrolet at Road America, the team announced Saturday. His son, Chase, has driven a GMS Camaro four times this season with a top finish of second at Pocono in June.

“When this opportunity came up from Mike (Beam, GMS president), I had to jump on it,” Elliott said in the announcement. “Chase has ran a handful of races for the team, so I figured I would give it a shot at Road America. Beam and I have worked together in the past, so it will be exciting to get back behind the wheel and bring back some old memories.”

Beam served as Elliott’s crew chief on Junior Johnson’s team in 1993 and ’94.

Elliott won 44 times in NASCAR’s top division in a career that started in 1976, covering 828 starts, including the 1988 Cup Series title and culminated with his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015.

The most recent of his 43 starts in what is now the Xfinity Series came in 2007. Elliott won once in the division, on the road course at Watkins Glen in June 1993.in 1993.

Elliott had planned to run an old Evernham Motorsports Dodge Cup car in Road America’s vintage weekend in July but blew an engine in the first day of testing at the 4-mile track.